Speaking of racing
You know what's really fun? What's really, really fun is crawling along the motorway at 50, because some cuntwad thinks his lorry can go 1 mph faster than the lorry in front, so he spends ten minutes overtaking said lorry, all the while holding me up!

This has just happened twice within a ten-mile distance. Two separate lorries, overtaking two other separate lorries, all only capable of a maximum speed of 55 mph.

I am fucked off.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Fri 25 Mar 2011, 16:11, 3 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

it's 56
I hope this helps you in your time of woe
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 25 Mar 2011, 16:12, Reply)

well, thanks for that
I feel the pain abating already.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Fri 25 Mar 2011, 16:12, Reply)

I'm so glad I could help

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 25 Mar 2011, 16:14, Reply)

56mph on a straight flat road
if they're going up a hill it can be less.
(Bazongaloid, Fri 25 Mar 2011, 16:14, Reply)

aren't the engines restricted though
does that change when going up a hill?

I asked a cross section of my van driving mates if they knew the different speed limits. Only one claimed to, and I don't believe him.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 25 Mar 2011, 16:15, Reply)

Yeah, the maximum speed they can do is 56mph
but a heavily laden lorry going up a hill will struggle to achieve even that.
(Bazongaloid, Fri 25 Mar 2011, 16:21, Reply)

There's more than a whiff of the 'waterproof trouser' about this subthread.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 25 Mar 2011, 16:27, Reply)

haha!

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Fri 25 Mar 2011, 16:28, Reply)

I hate two lane motorways
and avoid them, if at all possible, for just this reason.
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Fri 25 Mar 2011, 16:18, Reply)

don't go to Wales then
the M4 in Wales is the stupidest motorway I've been on
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 25 Mar 2011, 16:18, Reply)

A1 north of Wetherby is fucking terrible for this too
Fortunately the A19 is overlooked by them it would seem
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Fri 25 Mar 2011, 16:24, Reply)

I know, I usually use the A40.

( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Fri 25 Mar 2011, 16:29, Reply)

*sarcasm alert*
I know they're not allowed in the fast lane, but I'd like to see them restricted to one bastard lane. Specifically, one of the lanes I'm not currently in.

The situation wasn't helped by a lot of bennies behind them slamming on their anchors and panicking.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Fri 25 Mar 2011, 16:21, Reply)

For once, I wasn't being sarcastic.
I want guided missiles fitted to my car so I can clear the lane ahead.
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Fri 25 Mar 2011, 16:33, Reply)

Fun fact
the limiters on lorries are electric. In the old days before computer management, diesels would run without the key in the ignition. So, lorry drivers would get up to speed, take out the key and carry on accelerating.
( Kroney, Fri 25 Mar 2011, 16:22, Reply)

Wow.
And who said Lorry Drivers were a bunch of stupid cunts.
(Bazongaloid, Fri 25 Mar 2011, 16:25, Reply)

Pretty much every other road user at some point, I'd wager

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Fri 25 Mar 2011, 16:25, Reply)

I certainly did, this afternoon
and I waved my fists at them.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Fri 25 Mar 2011, 16:27, Reply)

You tell 'em!

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Fri 25 Mar 2011, 16:28, Reply)

Not me!
You'd actually need to be pretty clever to be the first guy to figure out that'd work. Well, clever in the sense that you'd need to understand how a diesel engine works, anyway. So about as clever as the average mechanic.

Eh, never mind.
( Kroney, Fri 25 Mar 2011, 16:31, Reply)